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- Olympic association to boycott sports events
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Jan 26, 2008
The fifth-seeded Sharapova won 24 of her last 26 service points in the battle
of 20-year-olds. Incredibly, she won 24 of 27 points on her first serve for
the match. “This is just incredible,” Sharapova said to the crowd at Rod Laver Arena
after the match. “If someone had told me in the middle of last year that I’d
be standing on this stage in front of all you guys with the big one I’d
probably say forget it.
Olympic association to boycott sports events
Hindu – Jan 26, 2008
About 100 activists led, by K. Satyanarayana, general secretary of the association, protested in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office demanding the Government to withdraw its decision to shift the sports events to Mysore and organise it at Raichur and Bellary as was decided earlier. Venkatesh naik, MP, the former MLAs, A.
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SportingNews.com – Jan 26, 2008
For instance, one thing overlooked in the whole mess surrounding Dana Jacobson’s suspension for allegedly saying “F— Notre Dame,” “F— Touchdown Jesus,” and “F— Jesus” at a Mike & Mike roast in Atlantic City was that fact that ESPN felt the need to have a roast for Mike & Mike!
A roast for Mike & Mike? Seriously? C’mon now. There are no more hyped personalities on the self-dubbed “Worldwide Leader” than those two. First it was the radio show, then it was simulcasting it on TV, eventually letting them call Arena Football games, followed by the next obvious step of letting them call the secondary Monday Night Football games, as well as an obligatory yet brief effort to try to insert them together into SportsCenter, and finally a roast. Mike & Mike aren’t big because people like them; they’re big because ESPN tells people to like them. When ESPN forces something on its viewership, listenership, and readership, the public has no option but to endure and in many cases learn to like what’s being forced on them. If not, they can turn their attention to other sports media outlets — outlets that, print and some web content aside, just can’t keep up with ESPN because of the “WWL’s” deep-pockets and overall stranglehold on the sports media industry. As for the know-it-all, pseudo-”sports radio” attitude that sports television (and some mainstream sports media websites) has adopted, I’d say it has likewise trickled down to sports blogs and Internet message boards… Mike & Mike aren’t big because people like them; they’re big because ESPN tells people to like them. When ESPN forces something on its viewership, listenership, and readership, the public has no option but to endure and in many cases learn to like what’s being forced on them. If not, they can turn their attention to other sports media outlets — outlets that, print and some web content aside, just can’t keep up with ESPN because of the “WWL’s” deep-pockets and overall stranglehold on the sports media industry. As for the know-it-all, pseudo-”sports radio” attitude that sports television (and some mainstream sports media websites) has adopted, I’d say it has likewise trickled down to sports blogs and Internet message boards. Bloggers are vying for readers too, and because it seems that whomever’s the most condescending and smarmy gets the biggest following, everybody’s out to outdo everyone else with their pointedly critical wisecracks. Debate and criticism have always been a part of sports, but it’s just becoming too much. With all of the statistical analysis available to the average fan, as well as the unlimited forums to discuss and debate topics until they’ve been beaten to death and then beaten much further, to a point well beyond recognition, a lot of fans end up thinking they’re experts.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Jan 26, 2008
Erlich and Ram, seeded eighth and first time Grand Slam finalists, earned a
7-5, 7-6 (7-4) victory. They became the first Israeli pair to win a grand
slam title. This was their sixth appearance in Melbourne and before this
year they hadn’t advanced beyond the third round. Their best Grand Slam result
before this week was a semifinal run four years ago at Wimbledon.
